ISBN : 81-85891-98-2
Edition : Hard Bound
Categories : Geography
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This book is a study of the geo-environmental characteristics of the river basin designed for students, academicians, researchers and planners concerned with river basin planning. It is unique in its contents as it incorporates every aspect of the basin and application of remote sensing techniques. It has eight chapters dealing with the general description of the basin and sub-basins, geology, geomorphology, soils, slope analysis and morphometric analysis. The climate analysis includes rainfall trend and variability, climatic water balance and climatic classification. The Water resources include surface hydrology and ground water. The land use/land cover, wasteland and terrain analysis explains about the typical character of the basin. The bio-diversity includes the present flora and fauna, social forestry, horticulture, problems and planning. The resource is an important aspect which includes population, urbanization, livestock, minerals and industries. The book concludes with recommendations for sustainable river basin planning.
| Weight | 0.500 Gm. |
|---|---|
| Year | 2012 |
| Pages | 288 |
| Edition | Hard Bound |
| Author Name | Dr. D. Panda |
| About the Authors | Dr. Damodar Panda is Associate Professor in the Post Graduate Department of Geography, Utkal University, Vani-Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. He received his B.Sc. (H) in Geography in 1984 and M.Sc. in Applied Geography degree in 1986 from Ravenshaw College now Ravenshaw University, Cuttack. He completed his Ph.D. degree in 2000 from Post Graduate Department of Geography, Utkal University. He qualified CSIR JRF (NET) in 1989 and ASRB (NET) in 1992. He began his teaching at Govt. Degree College, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh in 1994 and I.G. Govt. College, Tezu, Arunachal Pradesh in 2000. He joined in the P.G. Department of Geography in 2004 as reader and upgraded to Associate Professor in 2009. He has a long research carrier. He published about 21 single authored research papers in leading geography journals of India and edited volumes. He presented more than 50 research papers in national and international seminars. He chaired many technical sessions and is associated with National Children Science Congress, Odisha since 2004. He guided 30 M. Phil scholars and 2 Ph.D. scholars are continuing. His research interests include fluvial geomorphology, climate change, natural hazard and disaster management and remote sensing and GIS. He is the life member of NAGI, IIG, IGI, DGSI, ILEE, INCA, IGC, IGSI, ISRS, NGSI. The Geographical Society of North Eastern Hill Region, Shillong. The North East India Geographical Society, Guwahati, Indian National Science Congress, EGS, and Regional Science Association of India, Association of Hydrologists of India. He is the member many of the e-journals, such as Economic Geography of Clark University, Journal of Climate and Applied Metereology, American meteorological Society. |
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